Weekly Briefing: Naval Warfare

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Weekly Briefing Naval Warfare

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Allies and robots: Navy joins 60 nations in International Maritime Exercise This year's IMX will include a focus on how unmanned systems can change naval operations, from rescue operations to endurance missions.

French Navy chief on Ukraine, AUKUS and unmanned tech "On the naval side, we didn't see a very abnormal pattern of life of the Russians," French Navy chief Adm. Pierre Vandier said about Russian actions near Ukraine.

DARPA's 'ROCkN' laser-based clocks will know what time it really is, to the sub-picosecond Optical clocks in labs today "fill out a huge room, a big room with a very complex, very sophisticated apparatus that takes multiple PhDs to run," Tatjana Curcic, who manages DARPA's Robust Optical Clock Network project, told Breaking Defense.

New Pentagon report censors details on weapons programs' performance, flaws "By caving to pressure inside the Pentagon and hiding unclassified information behind a pseudo classification, the current leaders of DOT&E are undermining the effectiveness of their own agency," said Dan Grazier, a fellow with the Project on Government Oversight.

HII taps Chris Kastner to take the helm as president, CEO Mike Petters, the current CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, will become executive vice chairman of the board.

Indonesia's $125B air, naval splurge may mean '50 warships' at sea in next 2 years Amidst incursions by China into Indonesia's Extended Economic Zone, Defense Minister Prabowo Subianto is looking for a major investment in military gear.

Getting lost: Yet more delays to Space Force protected GPS program Some services have turned to commercial solutions for receivers as delays mount, report says.

Navy's problems with the Zumwalt may be hurting its hypersonic weapon efforts The Pentagon's top weapons tester says the service has "limited flight test opportunities" to support putting a hypersonic weapon onboard the Zumwalt class.

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With Lockheed deal in doubt, Aerojet faces internal crisis

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Rolls-Royce power for V-280 – enhanced speed and range

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Rolls-Royce brings low-risk AE 1107F engines to the Bell V-280 Valor, maximizing speed and range for U.S. Army modernization. AE 1107 engines are produced by American employees in state-of-the-art Rolls-Royce factories in the U.S. Learn more.

With Lockheed deal in doubt, Aerojet faces internal crisis "The near-term future of Aerojet depends on which faction within the company succeeds in asserting control," said defense consultant Loren Thompson. But ultimately, he added, the long-term future of the company will be contingent on finding a new buyer "with big pockets."

Allies and robots: Navy joins 60 nations in International Maritime Exercise This year's IMX will include a focus on how unmanned systems can change naval operations, from rescue operations to endurance missions.

Pentagon developing 'National Defense Science and Technology' strategy: Memo Spearheaded by Heidi Shyu, the strategy will seek investments and concentrated efforts on 14 critical technology areas.

Pentagon's new data and AI office hits IOC milestone, gets $500M budget The office of the chief digital and artificial intelligence will be responsible for scaling up data, analytics and AI to enable faster and better decision-making "from campaigning to conflict."

Biden defense nominations: A disappointing first year status report The reality is these holds can easily be overcome if there was a willingness by Senate leadership to force what will likely be overwhelmingly bipartisan positive votes.

The health of the Defense Industrial Base is failing, trade group says That conclusion is part of the National Defense Industrial Association's third annual Vital Signs 2022 report, which offers an analysis of the US's defense industrial base.

Organic Industrial Base $16B modernization plan to be briefed to senior Army leaders The strategy will tackle facility modernization, supply chain vulnerabilities and workforce.

The "digital thread" is key to continual improvement for the Army's Future Vertical Lift programs [Sponsored] By implementing a design-as-built methodology that digitally connects entire FVL programs throughout the lifecycle, Bell has increased its ability to collaborate in real-time with program partners and the Army to deliver new capabilities faster and more affordably.

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Weekly Briefing: Land Warfare

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Weekly Briefing Land Warfare

Organic Industrial Base $16B modernization plan to be briefed to senior Army leaders The strategy will tackle facility modernization, supply chain vulnerabilities and workforce.

The "digital thread" is key to continual improvement for the Army's Future Vertical Lift programs [Sponsored] By implementing a design-as-built methodology that digitally connects entire FVL programs throughout the lifecycle, Bell has increased its ability to collaborate in real-time with program partners and the Army to deliver new capabilities faster and more affordably.

Army's Infantry Squad Vehicle 'not operationally effective' in combat Pentagon testers take issue with comms, guns and durability over tough terrain for the troop carrier.

UAE, reeling from Houthi attacks, seeking Israeli advanced radar: Sources The UAE is seeking the advanced version of the Green Pine radar, part of the Israeli Arrow system that is designed to intercept ballistic missiles, in what could mark the first major arms agreement between the two nations.

Army selects four companies for lightweight power solutions The Army wants lightweight power solutions that can sustain dismounted soldiers for days at a time.

As Russia threatens Ukraine, Baltic nations work to update armored vehicle fleets Despite small budgets, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania are working to strengthen their ground forces to protect their borders with Russia.

DARPA's 'ROCkN' laser-based clocks will know what time it really is, to the sub-picosecond Optical clocks in labs today "fill out a huge room, a big room with a very complex, very sophisticated apparatus that takes multiple PhDs to run," Tatjana Curcic, who manages DARPA's Robust Optical Clock Network project, told Breaking Defense.

New Pentagon report censors details on weapons programs' performance, flaws "By caving to pressure inside the Pentagon and hiding unclassified information behind a pseudo classification, the current leaders of DOT&E are undermining the effectiveness of their own agency," said Dan Grazier, a fellow with the Project on Government Oversight.

Getting lost: Yet more delays to Space Force protected GPS program Some services have turned to commercial solutions for receivers as delays mount, report says.

Navy's problems with the Zumwalt may be hurting its hypersonic weapon efforts The Pentagon's top weapons tester says the service has "limited flight test opportunities" to support putting a hypersonic weapon onboard the Zumwalt class.

The case of Ukraine, looking back and looking forward "The Russian threat to Ukrainian sovereignty is simply not about Ukraine," writes author Robbin Laird. "It is about the stability of the current European order."

BAE, Oshkosh cold weather vehicle prototypes survive Army's Alaskan tests BAE systems and Oshkosh Defense, with its partner ST Engineering, will now compete for the contract, with an award expected near the end of June.

With Russia's Ukraine build-up, NATO faces existential crisis of coherence As Baltic members pledge arms, European giants France and Germany stay in the background.

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Warren slams Pentagon for restricting unclassified info on weapon flaws

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Rolls-Royce power for V-280 – enhanced speed and range

Presented by Rolls-Royce

Rolls-Royce brings low-risk AE 1107F engines to the Bell V-280 Valor, maximizing speed and range for U.S. Army modernization. AE 1107 engines are produced by American employees in state-of-the-art Rolls-Royce factories in the U.S. Learn more.

Warren slams Pentagon for restricting unclassified info on weapon flaws "This unjustified restriction of public access will not serve to protect national security information but will instead be abused to avoid disclosure of failures in our major weapons programs," wrote Sen. Elizabeth Warren, citing Breaking Defense reporting.

Lawmakers name familiar faces in defense to budgeting reform commission Leadership of the House and Senate Armed Services Committee named their selections to the NDAA-mandated Commission on Planning, Programming, Budgeting, and Execution Reform.

NRO plans 7 spy satellite launches in 2022; one from mystery foreign spaceport Ahead of the Wednesday launch, mystery surrounds what the mission of NROL-87 is. NRO never talks about the purpose of specific satellites, period, but the payload will be launched to an orbit consistent with that of an imaging satellite.

Blackhawk pilots could fly with AI 'assistants' in the near-future Under a new contract awarded by DARPA, Northrop Grumman, in partnership with the University of Central Florida, will develop a prototype AI assistant embedded in augmented reality headsets for rotary pilots.

French Navy chief on Ukraine, AUKUS and unmanned tech "On the naval side, we didn't see a very abnormal pattern of life of the Russians," French Navy chief Adm. Pierre Vandier said about Russian actions near Ukraine.

Army's Infantry Squad Vehicle 'not operationally effective' in combat Pentagon testers take issue with comms, guns and durability over tough terrain for the troop carrier.

UAE, reeling from Houthi attacks, seeking Israeli advanced radar: Sources The UAE is seeking the advanced version of the Green Pine radar, part of the Israeli Arrow system that is designed to intercept ballistic missiles, in what could mark the first major arms agreement between the two nations.

Don't let Putin use Ukraine crisis to get arms control concessions We should not mince words: Russia's missile diplomacy is built on a lie.

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